So let's see, after the tank interruption where were we? Oh yes, we have made it to Igor's grandmothers house in Orsha.
We spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday visiting with Igor's grandmother, Aunt and cousin in Orsha. Igor's grandmother has lovely house in what appears to be a new developing ritzy area. This is somewhat of a deceiving description since Igor's grandmother has lived in the house for a long time and, from what he told me they just put in running water a couple years ago, though it still house an outhouse style bathroom.The house is located with some other older houses that my guess is will eventually disappear and be replaced with new apartment buildings a some point.
Igor's cousin Maria (Masha for short. Don't ask, it's a Russian thing. It doesn't make any sense to me either, even though Igor and his sister in law Maryna have spent much time "tilting at that particular windmill") took us to a local swimming hole. Not the cleanest water that we have swam in by far but it was somewhat refreshing after a long day of car travel with Anton and Alyssa. Sunday, Masha took us to a little amusement park (no pictures, sorry forgot my camera. I know I must get better about that). We had fun jumping on trampolines, Masha and Igor rode some sort of double spinning ride, which I could only look at periodically to keep from feeling sick. The ride spun clockwise and then the individual compartments you sit in spun upside down so you tumble head over heels or heels over head, which ever you choose, which Igor insisted on doing lots of times. It did look fun though, just sorry I have such a weak stomach.
Since there was really no where to swim particularly close, the place that we went on the first day was about a 45 minutes walk. Igor, Masha and myself took to filling buckets of cold water and pouring them over ourselves in the garden, serving a duel purpose of cooling ourselves and watering plants. Here are some funny pictures of Igor enjoying his refreshment.
On Monday morning we got up somewhat early, said our good byes to Igor's grandmother and cousin, his aunt had to work so we said goodbye to her the night before. We got on a rather nice train and road back Zaslonava. The rest of our Monday was spent swimming in the river, which I will post pictures of later, and enjoying the breezy weather that finally decided to grace us with it's presence.
We spent the rest of Saturday and Sunday visiting with Igor's grandmother, Aunt and cousin in Orsha. Igor's grandmother has lovely house in what appears to be a new developing ritzy area. This is somewhat of a deceiving description since Igor's grandmother has lived in the house for a long time and, from what he told me they just put in running water a couple years ago, though it still house an outhouse style bathroom.The house is located with some other older houses that my guess is will eventually disappear and be replaced with new apartment buildings a some point.
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| The outhouse... |
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| Laundry area |
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| eating area |
Igor's cousin Maria (Masha for short. Don't ask, it's a Russian thing. It doesn't make any sense to me either, even though Igor and his sister in law Maryna have spent much time "tilting at that particular windmill") took us to a local swimming hole. Not the cleanest water that we have swam in by far but it was somewhat refreshing after a long day of car travel with Anton and Alyssa. Sunday, Masha took us to a little amusement park (no pictures, sorry forgot my camera. I know I must get better about that). We had fun jumping on trampolines, Masha and Igor rode some sort of double spinning ride, which I could only look at periodically to keep from feeling sick. The ride spun clockwise and then the individual compartments you sit in spun upside down so you tumble head over heels or heels over head, which ever you choose, which Igor insisted on doing lots of times. It did look fun though, just sorry I have such a weak stomach.
Since there was really no where to swim particularly close, the place that we went on the first day was about a 45 minutes walk. Igor, Masha and myself took to filling buckets of cold water and pouring them over ourselves in the garden, serving a duel purpose of cooling ourselves and watering plants. Here are some funny pictures of Igor enjoying his refreshment.
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| boy and his bucket |
On Monday morning we got up somewhat early, said our good byes to Igor's grandmother and cousin, his aunt had to work so we said goodbye to her the night before. We got on a rather nice train and road back Zaslonava. The rest of our Monday was spent swimming in the river, which I will post pictures of later, and enjoying the breezy weather that finally decided to grace us with it's presence.
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| Igor's aunt, Igor and Masha (she is only 16 but she look very mature) |
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| Igor's Aunt, Katie, Masha (I keep thinking she looks like Tapanga Lawrence from "Boy Meet's World", no?) |
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| Tapanga Lawrence, come on...kinda. |
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| Igor and his grandmother |
2 comments:
I love your commentary and the pictures.
Hey where are the pictures of you drenching your self with the bucket? She does kind of look like topanga. And does she have red hair?!!!
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